Title The life and adventures of Edward Snell : the illustrated diary of an artist, engineer and adventurer in the Australian colonies 1849 to 1859 / edited and introduced by Tom Griffiths with assistance from Alan Platt

Published North Ryde, N.S.W. : Angus & Robertson and The Library Council of Victoria, 1988 ©1988

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ADPML SPWV	994.031 Sne		LIB USE ONLY
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Description xliv, 480 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps ; 27 cm Contents Includes index Summary Edward Snell kept two diaries -- one in England from 1842 to 1849 and one in Australia from 1849 to 1859. His Australian diary held in the State Library of Victoria's Australian Manuscripts Collection is published in its' entirety in this book. It records Snell's voyages to and from the colonies and tells of his experiences in South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria -- where, after spending some months on the goldfields near Bendigo, he won the contract to build the Geelong-Melbourne railway, Australia's f Analysis Australia Social life History, 1851-1901 Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 421-425 Subject Snell, Edward John, 1820-1880 -- Diaries Snell, Edward, 1820-1880 -- Diaries. Snell, Edward, 1820-1880 -- Diaries. SUBJECT South Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79100617 -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851 -- 1836-1900 South Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79100617 -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008859 Tasmania http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79115474 -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851 -- 1803-1900 Victoria http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046608 -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851 -- 1834-1900 Genre/Form Autobiographies. Diaries. Author Griffiths, Tom, 1957- Platt, Alan, 1931- Library Council of Victoria. LC no. 88140656 ISBN 0207155291 0909962561

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